Get your chop sticks ready.. today I am making an Asian Noodle Bowl!!

“Asian Noodle Bowl”

John and I have been really getting into the Asian inspired swing of things and if you are looking for an easy way to start out, the noodle bowl is the way to go.. it’s delicious, healthy, and I haven’t met a person yet who hasn’t totally loved this dish!! Again I really don’t have a recipe for this.I guess we both really know how flavours work together so a recipe isn’t required.. I also don’t have a play by play this time. It’s that easy you aren’t going to need it.

With this dish you pretty much season to taste! You can use any type of noodles you want, I normally use udon or dan dan noodles.. but you can use rice noodles or even vermicelli. You can also use your favorite meat, seafood and vegetables. As for the seasoning sauces, you can get them at your local super market or asian market and they are all pretty cheap.

This is how I do it, remember the fun in this dish is making it yours.. just dont go outside of the Asian box and I guarantee it will turn out awesome!

You will need:

1 carton of Chicken Stock

2 cups of H20

3 thinly cut steaks of pork *can be the pre cut, or any cut of pork

2 cups of peeled and deveined raw shrimp

4-5 stalks of baby bok choy chopped, you can use a large bok choy but they have alot more stem.

1-2 med carrots, grated

1 med onion diced

4 cloves of diced garlic

Small piece of grated ginger

1 cup of bean sprouts

1 package of noodles of your choice

Soy Sauce

Sesame Oil

Chili Oil

Fish Sauce

Salt and Pepper to taste

1-2 tbsp of Extra Virgin Olive Oil for frying

To start cover the bottom of your pot with the E.V.O.O., heat and add your chopped pork. Fry until browned. Remove the pork from the pot and put in a dish. Sit aside.

Frying the pork!!

Add some of your chicked stock to the bottom of the pot for braising, to remove all of the dark bits from the bottom. Add fresh onion, garlic and ginger. Cook until traslucent.

When you have all of this is together it is time to add your seasoning sauces. Soy, sesame oil, chili oil and fish sauce (dont omit the fish sauce, I know some of you are thinking that it is going to be just stinky, it isn’t at all. It adds a flavor called umami, that you can’t get from anything else), also add your salt and pepper to taste. If you are a big Japanese food fan like I am you can also add a little bit of wasabi to your broth for that extra kick…

So thats all she wrote the dish is done quick, easy and ready to eat! ENJOY!!

From Chop Sticks to a Fork and Spoon, I am going all Italian on you with Homemade Spaghetti Sauce…. until then keep cooking and have fun!!

I would also love to hear your ideas or requests, if you have any feel free to leave a comment or drop me a line atschoonerpixie@hotmail.com